http://viviennek.multiply.com/ Hello and welcome to Viv's land of randomness <div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; visibility: visible; margin-right: auto; width: 450px;"><embed style='width: 435px; visibility: visible; height: 270px;' allowscriptaccess='never' src='http://www.myplaylist.org/mc/mp3player-othersite.swf?config=http://www.myplaylist.org/mc/config/config_black_shuffle.xml&mywidth=435&myheight=270&playlist_url=http://www.myplaylist.org/loadplaylist.php?playlist=32157267' menu='false' quality='high' name='mp3player' wmode='transparent' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' border='0' height='270' width='435'><br><a href="http://www.myplaylist.org"><img src="http://www.myplaylist.org/mc/images/create_black.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.myplaylist.org/standalone/32157267" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.myplaylist.org/mc/images/launch_black.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.myplaylist.org/download/32157267"><img src="http://www.myplaylist.org/mc/images/get_black.jpg" border="0"></a> </div> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:58:52 -0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:30:57 -0000 http://images.viviennek.multiply.com/logo http://viviennek.multiply.com 100 100 I found this recipe in a booklet currently being sold in Somerfield Supermarkets to raise money for the wonderful Macmillan Nurses. These brownies are very chocolatey, very soft, very moist, very delicious, and very very easy to http://viviennek.multiply.com/recipes/item/8/Chocolate_Cheesecake_Brownies Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:30:57 -0000 http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/73/Elizabeth_-_GCSE_results_day Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:12:02 -0000 <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2787783210_8b6b1c72cc.jpg" border="0">Yesterday, Thursday 21st August, was GCSE results day, Elizabeth got the results she needed, and then some, (2 Cs, 6 Bs and an A), so she starts Art School next Wednesday.&nbsp; She's very happy, I'm very proud.<br><br><br> http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/133/Shes_going_to_Art_School Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:09:13 -0000 Loving this song at the moment, it reminds me a lot of Maroon 5, with elements of http://viviennek.multiply.com/video/item/42/The_Man_Who_Cant_Be_Moved_by_The_Script Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:53:00 -0000 I am an unashamed Meatloaf, (and Jim Steinman), fan, I saw him perform in Cardiff in the early 90s and it is without doubt the best concert I ever went to, this is one of my favourite Meatloaf http://viviennek.multiply.com/video/item/41/Meat_Loaf_-_For_Crying_out_Loud_with_Lyrics Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:25 -0000 August http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/72/Legoland Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:53:34 -0000 August http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/71/Legoland Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:56 -0000 August http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/70/Legoland Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:41 -0000 A few days ago she won the Olympic 400m Freestyle Gold medal, a few minutes ago I watched Becky Adlington obliterate the rest of the competition to take her second Gold in the 800m Freestyle race, and in the process breaking one of the longest standing world records by something like 2 seconds.&nbsp; She was amazing, I am in awe. http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/132/Awestruck Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:31:38 -0000 I reigned myself in and didn't get the 6" heels, but they're high enough, I have no justification for buying them and I loves them.<br><br><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2767074142_506e867d7b.jpg" border="0"><br><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2766228469_933dd5e969.jpg" border="0"><br><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2767077732_919c6c9ec7.jpg" border="0"><br>And as for this week's Picture Perfect theme of '10 minute walk', well as the song goes - In these shoes, I don't think so!<br> http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/131/I_loves_my_new_shoes_I_do Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:13:26 -0000 Just had a very nice lunch at Pravada, it's a tapas bar, but not exclusively Spanish, many of the dishes were greek in origin. My friend and I shared a lunchtime 'special', for £7.95 each we had crusty bread, greek salad and dips, (houmous and tzatziki); followed by lamb kebabs and roasted vegetables with melted cheese. They also gave us a complimentary dish of fried potatoes. The service was friendly and efficient, my friend only had an hour for lunch so we were relying on it being fairly quick and it was, our food arrived giving us plenty of time to eat at a leisurely pace. I hope to go back to Pravada one evening, they do an evening 'special' where for £19.95 each you can order 5 dishes or for £35 you can choose 8. With around 30 different options it might prove hard to narrow it http://viviennek.multiply.com/reviews/item/13 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:09:53 -0000 <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2471011173_32ab7b3dd7_o.jpg" border="0">I was pleased to receive an email this morning informing me that one of my photos has been included in the latest edition of the Schmap online guide to Bristol.&nbsp; (I also have a photo of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the previous edition).<br><br>http://www.schmap.com/bristol/events_sporting/#p=96366&amp;i=96366_23.jpg<br><br><br> http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/130/Schmapped_again Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:34:05 -0000 <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2754116799_7442f81093.jpg" border="0"><br>My youngest son, Dominic, celebrated his 11th birthday today, all day!&nbsp; It makes me feel old.<br><br>Dominic is by far the easiest going of my 3 children, he gets along with everyone and ambles gently through life, rarely fazed by anything.&nbsp; He's just finished a fantastic last year at Primary School, having always been slightly behind his class, due to being almost a year younger than most of them and having slept through most of his first school years, he has just taken his year 6 SATs and gained mainly level 4s, considered to be the average for his year group, but also several level 5s, considered to be above average.&nbsp; He will be joining his brother, Simon, at senior school in a few weeks time, the same media arts college that his sister, Elizabeth, has just left.&nbsp; I have no doubts that he will settle in quickly and soon make lots of new friends. <br><br>Dom has had a lovely day, and is the proud owner of a new Nintendo DS games console, plus the Lego Indiana Jones game.<br><br>Dominic... http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/129/Happy_Birthday_Dom Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:57:11 -0000 I set out to make a delicious butterbean dish that I ate at a Cypriot Restaurant last week, but it went a bit wrong so I converted it into possibly the nicest soup I've ever http://viviennek.multiply.com/recipes/item/7/Accidental_Soup Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:08:50 -0000 <a href="http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/">http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/</a> http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/69/St_Fagans_-_The_National_History_Museum_of_Wales Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:19:38 -0000 A moist loaf cake, ideal for taking on a http://viviennek.multiply.com/recipes/item/6/Pineapple_and_Raisin_Tea_Bread Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:27:17 -0000 It would have been very easy to post a picture of my children, or of my dear little step grandchild.&nbsp;&nbsp; It would have been very easy to post a picture of my great grandmother's pearls.&nbsp; It would have been very easy to post a picture of my darling mobile phone.<br><br>However I have decided to post a picture of a place that is very very precious to me, and to many people living in my town:<br><br><br><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2072540572_1306e2d5bf_b.jpg" border="0"><br>This is the Old Pier (or Birnbeck Pier) in my hometown of Weston-super-Mare, it was opened in 1867 and is the only pier in England to link the mainland to an island.&nbsp; Some of my most precious childhood memories are of Saturday mornings spent with my Dad on this pier, riding the little train along to the end, having an ice-cream, playing in amongst the buildings, admiring the gypsy caravan that was on display, (and wondering what it would be like to live in such a confined space).<br><br>My Dad is no longer here, this is where I go when I need to feel close to him.<br><br>The pier is no longer accessible ... http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/128/Picture_Perfect_-_Precious Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:50:55 -0000 .....to wear 6" stiletto heels?<br><br>I want them sooooooo much.<br> http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/127/Is_41_too_old....... Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:58:41 -0000 There was nothing particularly wrong with Soustas, it's just not my favourite Greek Cypriot restaurant, I am possibly being a bit harsh in only giving it 3 stars. Dinner with the girls tonight, 6 of us. We had a meat meze, a selection of many dishes, not all of which were meat but it didn't include any fish, (as opposed to the fish meze, not all of which is fish but which does not include any meat). It was all very nice, especially the butter beans with tomato and garlic. The service was good, the waiters friendly but not pushy. It was maybe a little dear compared to other restaurants we have eaten in, the bill for 6 of us, for 3 courses (we each had either a licquor coffee, cointreau in my case, or a dessert) plus 4 bottles of wine, came to £175, but, we did have one hell of a lot of food for that. At the end of the day, it just wasn't Dimitri's http://viviennek.multiply.com/reviews/item/12 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:37:08 -0000 http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/68/Blaise_Castle_Estate_Bristol_-_1st_August_2008 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:53:52 -0000 Friday 1st August 2008, fire destroyed the main pavilion on Monday, but Westonians won't be beaten the shops/cafes at the shore end of the pier and the majority of the pier itself have been open again since http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/67/Weston_Pier_-_After_the_fire Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:53:44 -0000 Can't believe it's been 2 years already, lots of changes in that time Dad, but not how much I love and miss you, that will never change x http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/126/Edwin_Searle_Day_25th_October_1931_-_1st_August_2006 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:45:16 -0000 http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/66/Harvey_-_31st_July_2008 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:46:51 -0000 I went to buy myself some flowers, and bought these http://viviennek.multiply.com/photos/album/65/Sheep Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:46:47 -0000 <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.viviennek.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SI2HdgoKCG8AABZmI001/BBCpier-40891t.jpg?et=CxTbByUihD8xQE09R96N6A&#x26;nmid=0" border="0">I watched the news in tearful disbelief this morning, as, within an hour, my town lost one of it's major landmarks to fire.<br><br>I can't believe it.<br><br><br> http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/125/Devastated Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:48:50 -0000 I've been awake since Thursday, and I'm so caffeined up it could be Tuesday before I sleep. http://viviennek.multiply.com/journal/item/124/Insomnia Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:21:39 -0000